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Leptin Deficient Ob/Ob Mice And Diet-Induced Obese Mice Responded Differently To Roux-En-Y Bypass Surgery, Z. Hao, H. Münzberg, K. Rezai-Zadeh, M. Keenan, D. Coulon, H. Lu, H. R. Berthoud, J. Ye Jan 2015

Leptin Deficient Ob/Ob Mice And Diet-Induced Obese Mice Responded Differently To Roux-En-Y Bypass Surgery, Z. Hao, H. Münzberg, K. Rezai-Zadeh, M. Keenan, D. Coulon, H. Lu, H. R. Berthoud, J. Ye

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© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Weight regain contributes to the therapeutic failure in 15-20% of type 2 diabetic patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB), and the mechanism remains largely unknown. This study was conducted to explore the mechanism of weight regain.Research design:Wild-type (WT) diet-induced obese (DIO) mice were used to mimic human obesity, and ob/ob mice were used for leptin deficiency-induced obesity. Two groups of mice were compared in weight regain for 10 months after RYGB. Weight loss, food intake, fecal energy loss and energy expenditure were monitored in the study of weight regain. Fasting insulin, insulin tolerance and …

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Role Of Resistant Starch In Improving Gut Health, Adiposity, And Insulin Resistance, Michael J. Keenan, June Zhou, Maren Hegsted, Christine Pelkman, Holiday A. Durham, Diana B. Coulon, Roy J. Martin Jan 2015

Role Of Resistant Starch In Improving Gut Health, Adiposity, And Insulin Resistance, Michael J. Keenan, June Zhou, Maren Hegsted, Christine Pelkman, Holiday A. Durham, Diana B. Coulon, Roy J. Martin

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© 2015 American Society for Nutrition. The realization that low-glycemic index diets were formulated using resistant starch led to more than a decade of research on the health effects of resistant starch. Determination of the metabolizable energy of the resistant starch product allowed for the performance of isocaloric studies. Fermentation of resistant starch in rodent studies results in what appears to be a healthier gut, demonstrated by increased amounts of short-chain fatty acids, an apparent positive change in the microbiota, and increased gene expression for gene products involved in normal healthy proliferation and apoptosis of potential cancer cells. Additionally, consumption …

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Photoactivated Mir-148b-Nanoparticle Conjugates Improve Closure Of Critical Size Mouse Calvarial Defects, Ammar T. Qureshi, Andrew Doyle, Cong Chen, Diana Coulon, Vinod Dasa, Fabio Delpiero, Benjamin Levi, W. Todd Monroe, Jeffrey M. Gimble, Daniel J. Hayes Jan 2015

Photoactivated Mir-148b-Nanoparticle Conjugates Improve Closure Of Critical Size Mouse Calvarial Defects, Ammar T. Qureshi, Andrew Doyle, Cong Chen, Diana Coulon, Vinod Dasa, Fabio Delpiero, Benjamin Levi, W. Todd Monroe, Jeffrey M. Gimble, Daniel J. Hayes

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© 2014 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Inducible systems providing temporal control of differentiation have the potential to improve outcomes in surgical reconstruction and regenerative medicine by precise modulation of wound healing and tissue repair processes. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that nanoformulated microRNA (miRNA) conjugates activated via photo exposure can lead to the induced osteogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stromal/stem cells (hASCs) in vivo. The conjugate PC-miR-148b-SNP, a mimic of miRNA-148b tethered to silver nanoparticles (SNPs) via a photolabile linker, was used to modulate gene expression for improved closure of a …

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Leptin Deficient Ob/Ob Mice And Diet-Induced Obese Mice Responded Differently To Roux-En-Y Bypass Surgery, Z. Hao, H. Münzberg, K. Rezai-Zadeh, M. Keenan, D. Coulon, H. Lu, H. R. Berthoud, J. Ye Jan 2015

Leptin Deficient Ob/Ob Mice And Diet-Induced Obese Mice Responded Differently To Roux-En-Y Bypass Surgery, Z. Hao, H. Münzberg, K. Rezai-Zadeh, M. Keenan, D. Coulon, H. Lu, H. R. Berthoud, J. Ye

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Weight regain contributes to the therapeutic failure in 15-20% of type 2 diabetic patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB), and the mechanism remains largely unknown. This study was conducted to explore the mechanism of weight regain.Research design:Wild-type (WT) diet-induced obese (DIO) mice were used to mimic human obesity, and ob/ob mice were used for leptin deficiency-induced obesity. Two groups of mice were compared in weight regain for 10 months after RYGB. Weight loss, food intake, fecal energy loss and energy expenditure were monitored in the study of weight regain. Fasting insulin, insulin tolerance and …

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Role Of Resistant Starch In Improving Gut Health, Adiposity, And Insulin Resistance, Michael J. Keenan, June Zhou, Maren Hegsted, Christine Pelkman, Holiday A. Durham, Diana B. Coulon, Roy J. Martin Jan 2015

Role Of Resistant Starch In Improving Gut Health, Adiposity, And Insulin Resistance, Michael J. Keenan, June Zhou, Maren Hegsted, Christine Pelkman, Holiday A. Durham, Diana B. Coulon, Roy J. Martin

Faculty Publications

© 2015 American Society for Nutrition. The realization that low-glycemic index diets were formulated using resistant starch led to more than a decade of research on the health effects of resistant starch. Determination of the metabolizable energy of the resistant starch product allowed for the performance of isocaloric studies. Fermentation of resistant starch in rodent studies results in what appears to be a healthier gut, demonstrated by increased amounts of short-chain fatty acids, an apparent positive change in the microbiota, and increased gene expression for gene products involved in normal healthy proliferation and apoptosis of potential cancer cells. Additionally, consumption …

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Photoactivated Mir-148b-Nanoparticle Conjugates Improve Closure Of Critical Size Mouse Calvarial Defects, Ammar T. Qureshi, Andrew Doyle, Cong Chen, Diana Coulon, Vinod Dasa, Fabio Delpiero, Benjamin Levi, W. Todd Monroe, Jeffrey M. Gimble, Daniel J. Hayes Jan 2015

Photoactivated Mir-148b-Nanoparticle Conjugates Improve Closure Of Critical Size Mouse Calvarial Defects, Ammar T. Qureshi, Andrew Doyle, Cong Chen, Diana Coulon, Vinod Dasa, Fabio Delpiero, Benjamin Levi, W. Todd Monroe, Jeffrey M. Gimble, Daniel J. Hayes

Faculty Publications

© 2014 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Inducible systems providing temporal control of differentiation have the potential to improve outcomes in surgical reconstruction and regenerative medicine by precise modulation of wound healing and tissue repair processes. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that nanoformulated microRNA (miRNA) conjugates activated via photo exposure can lead to the induced osteogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stromal/stem cells (hASCs) in vivo. The conjugate PC-miR-148b-SNP, a mimic of miRNA-148b tethered to silver nanoparticles (SNPs) via a photolabile linker, was used to modulate gene expression for improved closure of a …

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Prowashonupana Barley Dietary Fibre Reduces Body Fat And Increases Insulin Sensitivity In Caenorhabditis Elegans Model, Chenfei Gao, Michael L. King, Zachary L. Fitzpatrick, Wenqian Wei, Jason F. King, Mingming Wang, Frank L. Greenway, John W. Finley, Jeffrey H. Burton, William D. Johnson, Michael J. Keenan, Frederick M. Enright, Roy J. Martin, Jolene Zheng Jan 2015

Prowashonupana Barley Dietary Fibre Reduces Body Fat And Increases Insulin Sensitivity In Caenorhabditis Elegans Model, Chenfei Gao, Michael L. King, Zachary L. Fitzpatrick, Wenqian Wei, Jason F. King, Mingming Wang, Frank L. Greenway, John W. Finley, Jeffrey H. Burton, William D. Johnson, Michael J. Keenan, Frederick M. Enright, Roy J. Martin, Jolene Zheng

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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Prowashonupana barley (PWB) is high in β-glucan with moderate content of resistant starch. PWB reduced intestinal fat deposition (IFD) in wild type Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans, N2), and in sir-2.1 or daf-16 null mutants, and sustained a surrogate marker of lifespan, pharyngeal pumping rate (PPR), in N2, sir-2.1, daf-16, or daf-16/daf-2 mutants. Hyperglycaemia (2% glucose) reversed or reduced the PWB effect on IFD in N2 or daf-16/daf-2 mutants with a sustained PPR. mRNA expression of cpt-1, cpt-2, ckr-1, and gcy-8 were dose-dependently reduced in N2 or daf-16 mutants, elevated in daf-16/daf-2 mutants with reduction in cpt-1, …

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Effect Of Condensed Corn Distillers Solubles Concentration On Lactation Performance Of Holstein Cows, M. E. Mccormick, S. Forbes, V. R. Moreira, D. C. Blouin, K. J. Han Jan 2015

Effect Of Condensed Corn Distillers Solubles Concentration On Lactation Performance Of Holstein Cows, M. E. Mccormick, S. Forbes, V. R. Moreira, D. C. Blouin, K. J. Han

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© 2015 American Dairy Science Association. Forty-eight Holstein cows (32 multiparous and 16 primiparous) in mid to late lactation averaging 219 ± 71 days in milk and 30.5 ± 6.6. kg/d of 3.5% fat-corrected milk were used in a 56-d completely randomized design experiment to evaluate condensed corn distillers solubles (CCDS) inclusion in high-fiber total mixed rations (TMR). Inclusion rates evaluated were 0, 6.6, 13.2, and 19.8% CCDS as a percentage of dry matter (DM). Distiller solubles substituted for soybean meal, corn grain, and whole cottonseed such that diets were similar in protein (16.6%) and fat (4.50%). Water was added …

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Complete Genome Sequence Of An Edwardsiella Piscicida-Like Species Isolated From Diseased Grouper In Israel, Stephen R. Reichley, Geoffrey C. Waldbieser, Michal Ucko, Angelo Colorni, Lidiya Dubytska, Ronald L. Thune, Mark L. Lawrence, Matt J. Griffin Jan 2015

Complete Genome Sequence Of An Edwardsiella Piscicida-Like Species Isolated From Diseased Grouper In Israel, Stephen R. Reichley, Geoffrey C. Waldbieser, Michal Ucko, Angelo Colorni, Lidiya Dubytska, Ronald L. Thune, Mark L. Lawrence, Matt J. Griffin

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Reichley et al. The Edwardsiella piscicida-like sp. is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that causes disease in some fish species. We report here the complete genome sequence of a virulent isolate from a diseased white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) raised on the Red Sea in Israel, which contains a chromosome of 3,934,167 bp and no plasmids.

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New Species Diversity Revealed From Molecular And Morphological Characterization Of Gall-Inducing Calophya Spp. (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) From Brazilian Peppertree, Rodrigo Diaz, Aaron M. Dickey, Robert G. Shatters, Veronica Manrique, Marcelo D. Vitorino, William A. Overholt Jan 2015

New Species Diversity Revealed From Molecular And Morphological Characterization Of Gall-Inducing Calophya Spp. (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) From Brazilian Peppertree, Rodrigo Diaz, Aaron M. Dickey, Robert G. Shatters, Veronica Manrique, Marcelo D. Vitorino, William A. Overholt

Faculty Publications

Four populations of Calophya spp. (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) collected in Brazil were characterized using molecular and morphological methods. Examination of adults revealed the presence of 2 morphotypes, which were identified as C. latiforceps and C. terebinthifolii. However, morphological examination of 5th instar nymphs detected differences within C. latiforceps, with a population from Ubu, Espírito Santo, being distinct from the other 2 populations. Molecular characterization of the mitochondrial CO1 gene supported the presence of a new species of Calophya. .

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Diversity Of Arthropods Associated With Mikania Spp And Chromolaena Odorata (Asterales: Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) In Florida, R. Diaz, S. Romero, A. Roda, C. Mannion, W. A. Overholt Jan 2015

Diversity Of Arthropods Associated With Mikania Spp And Chromolaena Odorata (Asterales: Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) In Florida, R. Diaz, S. Romero, A. Roda, C. Mannion, W. A. Overholt

Faculty Publications

Summary Field surveys revealed that in south Florida the recently established Mikania micrantha Kunth (Asterales: Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) had a lower diversity of monophagous insect herbivores compared to the native Mikania spp or Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King & H. Rob. (Asterales: Asteraceae: Eupatorieae). In addition, Mikania micrantha served as a host for pests of agricultural and ornamental crops in Florida.

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Draft Genome Sequences Of Edwardsiella Ictaluri Strains Ladl11-100 And Ladl11-194 Isolated From Zebrafish Danio Rerio, Rui Wang, Hasan C. Tekedar, Mark L. Lawrence, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Joohyun Kim, Nayong Kim, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, John P. Hawke Jan 2015

Draft Genome Sequences Of Edwardsiella Ictaluri Strains Ladl11-100 And Ladl11-194 Isolated From Zebrafish Danio Rerio, Rui Wang, Hasan C. Tekedar, Mark L. Lawrence, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Joohyun Kim, Nayong Kim, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, John P. Hawke

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Wang et al. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of Edwardsiella ictaluri strains LADL11-100 and LADL11-194, two isolates from natural outbreaks of edwardsiellosis in the zebrafish Danio rerio, as well as the sequences of the plasmids carried by the zebrafish strain of E. ictaluri.

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Cofeeding Intra- And Interspecific Transmission Of An Emerging Insect-Borne Rickettsial Pathogen, Lisa D. Brown, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Kaikhushroo H. Banajee, Fabio Del Piero, Lane D. Foil, Kevin R. Macaluso Jan 2015

Cofeeding Intra- And Interspecific Transmission Of An Emerging Insect-Borne Rickettsial Pathogen, Lisa D. Brown, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Kaikhushroo H. Banajee, Fabio Del Piero, Lane D. Foil, Kevin R. Macaluso

Faculty Publications

© 2015 The Authors. Molecular Ecology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are known as the primary vector and reservoir of Rickettsia felis, the causative agent of flea-borne spotted fever; however, field surveys regularly report molecular detection of this infectious agent from other blood-feeding arthropods. The presence of R. felis in additional arthropods may be the result of chance consumption of an infectious bloodmeal, but isolation of viable rickettsiae circulating in the blood of suspected vertebrate reservoirs has not been demonstrated. Successful transmission of pathogens between actively blood-feeding arthropods in the absence of a disseminated …

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Comparative Gut Microbiota Of 59 Neotropical Bird Species, Sarah M. Hird, César Sánchez, Bryan C. Carstens, Robb T. Brumfield Jan 2015

Comparative Gut Microbiota Of 59 Neotropical Bird Species, Sarah M. Hird, César Sánchez, Bryan C. Carstens, Robb T. Brumfield

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Hird, Sánchez, Carstens and Brumfield. The gut microbiota of vertebrates are essential to host health. Most non-model vertebrates, however, lack even a basic description of natural gut microbiota biodiversity. Here, we sampled 116 intestines from 59 Neotropical bird species and used the V6 region of the 16S rRNA molecule as a microbial fingerprint (average coverage per bird ~80,000 reads). A core microbiota of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria was identified, as well as several gut-associated genera. We tested 18 categorical variables associated with each bird for significant correlation to the gut microbiota; host taxonomic categories were most frequently …

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Similarity Thresholds Used In Dna Sequence Assembly Fromshort Reads Can Reduce The Comparability Of Population Histories Across Species, Michael G. Harvey, Caroline Duffie Judy, Glenn F. Seeholzer, James M. Maley, Gary R. Graves, Robb T. Brumfield Jan 2015

Similarity Thresholds Used In Dna Sequence Assembly Fromshort Reads Can Reduce The Comparability Of Population Histories Across Species, Michael G. Harvey, Caroline Duffie Judy, Glenn F. Seeholzer, James M. Maley, Gary R. Graves, Robb T. Brumfield

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© 2015 Harvey et al. Comparing inferences among datasets generated using short read sequencing may provide insight into the concerted impacts of divergence, gene flow and selection across organisms, but comparisons are complicated by biases introduced during dataset assembly. Sequence similarity thresholds allow the de novo assembly of short reads into clusters of alleles representing different loci, but the resulting datasets are sensitive to both the similarity threshold used and to the variation naturally present in the organism under study. Thresholds that require high sequence similarity among reads for assembly (stringent thresholds) as well as highly variable species may result …

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Expanding The Literary Enterprise: How We Experience The Texts Of The Advanced Placement English Literature And Composition Curriculum, Molly Ostrow Jan 2015

Expanding The Literary Enterprise: How We Experience The Texts Of The Advanced Placement English Literature And Composition Curriculum, Molly Ostrow

Honors Theses

How we read the texts of the Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition curriculum.

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The Growing Crisis In Maine: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Olivia Avidan Jan 2015

The Growing Crisis In Maine: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Olivia Avidan

Honors Theses

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a Maine epidemic. In addition to having medical repercussions, NAS is intrinsically linked to social, political and economic factors. NAS is a conglomeration of symptoms, short-term and long-term, that affect a child that has been exposed to opioids in utero. These factors that impact NAS are interdependent. The past decade is characterized by a dramatic rise in NAS cases in Maine. This paper explores the social, political and economic landscape surrounding NAS in an effort to describe fully the syndrome’s effect on both individuals and the community as a whole.

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The World According To, And After, Mccutcheon V. Fec, And Why It Matters, Liz Kennedy, Seth Katsuya Endo Jan 2015

The World According To, And After, Mccutcheon V. Fec, And Why It Matters, Liz Kennedy, Seth Katsuya Endo

Valparaiso University Law Review

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Dormant Commerce Clause's Aging Burden, Sam Kalen Jan 2015

Dormant Commerce Clause's Aging Burden, Sam Kalen

Valparaiso University Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Simply Stunning! A Proposed Solution For Regulating The Use Of Tasers By Law Enforcement In The Seventh Circuit, Mark Kaylan Beard Jan 2015

Simply Stunning! A Proposed Solution For Regulating The Use Of Tasers By Law Enforcement In The Seventh Circuit, Mark Kaylan Beard

Valparaiso University Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Panorama 2015, Karen Villarreal, Stephanie Melchor Jan 2015

Panorama 2015, Karen Villarreal, Stephanie Melchor

UTPA Archives - Panorama Magazine

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Justice And Law Journals, Gabriel "Jack" Chin, Adam B. Wolf Jan 2015

Justice And Law Journals, Gabriel "Jack" Chin, Adam B. Wolf

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

What is the role for a law journal in advancing justice? What is the role of a justice-minded practitioner in furthering legal scholarship? And what is the intersection—practically and normatively—for law journals, legal scholars, practitioners, and justice? This brief Article attempts to lay a foundation for answering these important, but oft-neglected, questions. In the following conversation, a frequent contributor to the Michigan Journal of Race & Law (MJRL) and a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal posit some ideas on how legal scholarship engages with justice, and how race-conscious practitioners can interact with race-conscious legal scholars.

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Remediating Overselective Stimulus Control By Systematically Thinning A Differential Observing Response, Rachel S. Farber Jan 2015

Remediating Overselective Stimulus Control By Systematically Thinning A Differential Observing Response, Rachel S. Farber

Doctoral Dissertations - College of Arts and Sciences

"Differential observing responses (DOR) have been an effective intervention to remediate overselective stimulus control with individuals with intellectual disabilities. Experiment 1 examined the effects of a non-verbal DOR requirement on a 2-sample delayed matching-to- sample (DMTS) task. Twelve individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities completed the study. Initially, the accuracy of all 12 participants was in the overselective range (between 50- 83%) on the 2-sample DMTS task. The introduction of the DOR requirement in the form of a compound simultaneous matching-to-sample (SMTS) task increased accuracy to high levels for 6 participants."

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The Changing Practice Of Law And Law Schools: Why Would Anyone Go To Law School Today, Barry R. Vickrey Jan 2015

The Changing Practice Of Law And Law Schools: Why Would Anyone Go To Law School Today, Barry R. Vickrey

South Dakota Law Review

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Integration Of Mobile Learning In English Vocabulary Learning In An Iranian School In Kuala Lumpur / Ali Jahani, Ali Jahani Jan 2015

Integration Of Mobile Learning In English Vocabulary Learning In An Iranian School In Kuala Lumpur / Ali Jahani, Ali Jahani

Student Works (2010-2019)

The purpose of this quasi experimental study was to examine the effectiveness of mobile (SMS) learning on Iranian EFL learners‟ English vocabulary learning. In addition, this study compared two approaches of vocabulary learning, namely, SMS learning and paper text learning in an Iranian school in Kuala Lumpur. The media richness theory (Daft & Lengel, 1986), Bloom‟s Taxonomy theory (Anderson, 2001) and Motivation theory (Keller,1987) were chosen as the theoretical foundation for this study. Furthermore, this study investigated whether there was any significant difference between the control and experimental groups of participants regarding their learning and satisfaction scores. Finally, the study …

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Sumbangan Fadzil Mohd. Noor Dalam Dakwah Politik / Suhaimi Bin Latip, Suhaimi Latip Jan 2015

Sumbangan Fadzil Mohd. Noor Dalam Dakwah Politik / Suhaimi Bin Latip, Suhaimi Latip

Student Works (2010-2019)

Fadzil Mohd. Noor, merupakan seorang tokoh dalam dakwah politik negara dan diakui di kalangan tokoh ilmuan bahawa beliau adalah nama besar dalam gerakan Islam. Kajian terhadap sumbangan Fadzil Mohd. Noor dalam dakwah politik sangat penting bagi umat Islam. Persoalan konsep dakwah politik perlu dibahaskan untuk memantapkan kefahaman bahawa dakwah perlu dalam kancah politik, dan berdasarkan ketokohan dakwah politik Fadzil Mohd. Noor persoalan cabaran, sumbangan, pengajaran sepanjang beliau menerajui kepimpinan parti politik perlu dikaji. Persoalan lain yang juga perlu dikaji, Fadzil Mohd. Noor sebagai tokoh yang berwibawa, berpandangan jauh dan turut menyumbang dalam kebangkitan Islam serta memberi impak di kalangan masyarakat …

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Manuskrip Undang-Undang Kedah : Kajian Unsur-Unsur Etnografi Islam / Siti Fairus Binti Kamarudin, Siti Fairus Kamarudin Jan 2015

Manuskrip Undang-Undang Kedah : Kajian Unsur-Unsur Etnografi Islam / Siti Fairus Binti Kamarudin, Siti Fairus Kamarudin

Student Works (2010-2019)

Manuskrip Undang-Undang Kedah telah ditemui dalam beberapa versi dan tempat, antaranya ialah Versi R.O Winstedt, Versi Ku Din Ku Meh, serta Versi Rafles. Undang-Undang Kedah Versi R.O Winstedt seringkali diketengahkan oleh para pengkaji sebelum ini yang melibatkan kajian pelbagai aspek. Manakala penulis pula memilih Manuskrip Undang-Undang Kedah Versi Ku Din Ku Meh sebagai sandaran kajian dengan judul lengkapnya Manuskrip Undang-Undang Kedah: Kajian Unsur-Unsur Etnografi Islam. Kajian ini dilakukan atas tanggapan bahawa teks undang-undang Kedah versi ini lebih dipengaruhi oleh ajaran Islam berbanding versi R.O Winstedt. Kenyataan ini bersandarkan gambaran adat-adat Melayu serta etnografi yang diketengahkan lebih bersifat islamik dan detail …

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Interactional Patterns Of Chinese Speakers Of English In Group Interaction / Li Li, Li Li Jan 2015

Interactional Patterns Of Chinese Speakers Of English In Group Interaction / Li Li, Li Li

Student Works (2010-2019)

Group discussion as a speech event is commonly used by young adults in various contexts throughout the process of tertiary studies. With the increasing number of such young adults from China pursuing their tertiary level education in Malaysia, this study seeks to look at how these foreign language users of English carry out group discussions, specifically focusing on their interactional patterns. In particular, the aims of the study are: (1) to investigate the features and the politeness strategies used in opening and closing sequences in group discussions; (2) to explore the speech produced by the Chinese speakers and ascertain if …

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Ant-Based Vehicle Congestion Avoidance Framework Using Vehicular Networks / Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour Sattari, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour Sattari Jan 2015

Ant-Based Vehicle Congestion Avoidance Framework Using Vehicular Networks / Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour Sattari, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour Sattari

Student Works (2010-2019)

Over the last decade, vehicle population has dramatically increased all over the world. This large number of vehicles coupled with the limited capacity of the roads and highways lead to heavy traffic congestion. Besides, it gives rise to air pollution, driver frustration, and costs billions of dollars annually in fuel consumption. Although finding a proper solution for vehicle congestion is a necessity, it is still remaining a challenging task due to the dynamic and unpredictable nature of vehicular environments. Building new high-capacity streets can be a solution but it is very costly, time consuming and in most cases, infeasible due …

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A Transitivity Analysis Of The Mandarin Ba Construction / Wang Jiaqi, Jiaqi Wang Jan 2015

A Transitivity Analysis Of The Mandarin Ba Construction / Wang Jiaqi, Jiaqi Wang

Student Works (2010-2019)

Mandarin BA construction is quite a controversial but frequently-used unique sentence pattern with the most salient characteristic of sentence order. Since it is different from the most frequently-shown sentence order of subject-verb-object (SVO) in Chinese, BA construction tends to follow the pattern of “NP1+BA+NP2+V/VP”. It has been implied that the character of BA plays the role in enabling the post-verbal NP2 to occupy the pre-verbal position. Due to its structural peculiarity, the BA construction has received a considerable attention of grammarians. There have been many voices (L. Wang, 1945; Li and Thompson ,1981; H. Wang, 1984; Tsao, 1987; Li, 1990; …

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